We crossed our wake in NYC, finishing our loop on April 24th, 330 days after we started. We still have a few hundred miles to go to get Emilie B to her slip in Portland, Maine. It's been an incredible adventure; we'll share more once we get home and have some time to reflect. We decided to make the best of a break in the weather and go overnight from Cape May, NJ to NYC, which cut a couple of days off our last leg. It looks like we will be waiting out winds and waves for a few extra days in Long Island Sound, so not sure when we'll get back home, but it won't be long.
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| Celebrating our accomplishment! |
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| Pictures from our last few stops, this in Solomon's Island, MD |
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| Maryland lilacs - reminding us of home |
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| Beautiful Easter sunrise as we leave Solomons for Annapolis - loving the calm waters |
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| Fueling station in the Chesapeake Bay |
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| Thomas Point Shoal lighthouse - will be 150 years old in August |
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| Emilie B in Annapolis yacht basin |
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| Annapolis sunset |
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| Dawn at Chesapeake City town dock along the C&D canal - perfect start to our trip through the Delaware Bay which could not have been nicer |
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| C&D Canal |
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| Army Corp of Engineer's boat along the C&D |
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| Reminds us of the Cape Cod Canal |
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| Entering the Cape May Canal in NJ |
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| Cape May, NJ our last stop before we cross our wake |
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| Beautiful afternoon entering the Atlantic for our overnight run to NYC |
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| Sunset off the coast of NJ |
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| The smiling moon |
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| Nothing better than sunrise after an overnight, the Atlantic was so calm |
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| First view of NYC / haze from the wildfire in NJ |
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| Passing under the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge |
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| Crossing our wake - nothing relaxing about getting through NYC harbor |
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| Kyra slept right through the crossing |
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| So happy! |
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| We're docked at Liberty Landing in Jersey City, NJ |
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| It's been a long passage, just one more job - changing out the burgee! |
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| Kyra happily stretching on land |
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| Beautiful view of NYC from our slip |
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| First leg as Gold Loopers - travelling up the East River |
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| Wondering when we'll be home |
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| Sitting in Port Washington on a mooring ball, waiting out some very strong winds |
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| Hard to capture the chop in the anchorage |
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| Kyra's gone back to her happy place - we'll move on tomorrow to a marina |
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| Some initial stats from our Loop (minus the leg from Portland, ME to NYC) |
